gary I have finally started to put together a web site for the Novelaires quartet in all its variations (Crocker Boys, 3 Mistakes, Over the Hill Gang, etc). So far it’s just a start with a Christmas song (Winter Wonderland) recorded in 1985 in a practice session at Dad’s home. Take a look & a listen … Read more
I want to put in a plug for the NeXt Bible Learning Environment at http://www.NeXtBible.org. It is a great resource for in-depth Bible Study. For a quick look at its features click here. And it’s FREE! While you’re there, check out the sermon illustrations on forgiveness.
Charles Stanley this morning in his series on the Ways of God spoke on the topic, “He Forgives Our Sin.” We typically listen to his InTouch telecast as we are getting ready for church on Sunday mornings. What jumped out at me this morning was his relating the portion of the Model Prayer (aka The … Read more
I’ve been re-reading, after several decades, Edith Schaeffer’s L’Abri in which she quotes her husband Francis Schaeffer. “Supposing we had awakened today to find everything concerning the Holy Spirit and prayer removed from the Bible-that is, not removed the way liberals would remove it, but that God had somehow really removed everything about prayer and … Read more
A blessed and Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Gary & Lynda Crocker.
The overall theme of the Bible can be summarized as God saying, I created you. I am holy. Your rebellion against me is serious! You need Me. Trust Me. This obviously leaves out a lot of detail, but the essence is there. Many of the ‘problems’ of Scripture fall into place, at least for me, … Read more
Starting points are important. The options for our conclusions are dependent upon our initial presuppositions. We disallow some results by decisions we make consciously or unconsciously at the beginning. If it is decided at the start that all must be explained without any reference to a transcendent God, a transcendant God will not be found … Read more
Tomorrow will make three months since my last post – and five months since “retirement” from Boeing! By now anyone who had been checking my blog with any regularity has likely given up on me. I’ll not try to detail the entire quarter. Instead, I’ll skim over a few recent events. Most significantly, our most … Read more
Here I am nearly two months after retiring from Boeing and I’ve been silent here for a couple of weeks. I guess it’s time I gave a report. I had intended to be more frequent with my posts but obviously have not been. I tend to be overly cautious about my words and how they … Read more
I began reading The Da Vinci Code the other day. Since we’ll be discussing it in the Tipping Point Sunday School class over the next few weeks, I needed to read it first hand. … Would I recommend it? I’m torn here. So I need to qualify my answer.
